QUILTS & FABRIC: PAST & PRESENT


Monday, May 22, 2017

Queen Victoria Coronation Prints

Queen Victoria Coronation Commemorative Print
1838
Cut out and appliqued to a quilt block.
Collection International Quilt Study Center & Museum # 1997.007.0479

A second  chintz quilt with a similar figure from Ohio in the IQSCM collection.
This is #2001.015.001
http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/online_exhibitions/chintz/applique_quilts3.html

A third American quilt with a different coronation print.
This one is the 1843 Sarah Morrell album in the collection
of the American Museum of Folk Art.

A fourth:
Displayed last month at the Munson, Williams, Proctor Art Institute
in Utica, New York.


The cotton was probably printed in 1838 for the June event.
The print features a monochrome scene in a field of full-color chintz in the quilt above.
This print seems to be more common than the other, done in several colorways.


The seated Queen is surrounded by courtiers as she is crowned.


Center of a British quilt with a coronation print in the center. 
Collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum.
See the whole quilt here:

The Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Museum has a large piece with a light ground
and limited color - half chintz.

Same scene but a variation with a 
 a fancy background
of diamond shaped netting.

That detail comes from this whole-cloth quilt of the yardage.

The Lion in the English coat of arms overlooks the scene.

I've found two Coronation commemorative handkerchiefs,
 the blue one above in the collection
of the Victoria and Albert.

The red one from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.


I bet there were more cotton prints produced.
And more quilts made featuring them.

See a photo of Victoria's coronation robe:
http://fripperiesandfobs.tumblr.com/post/8727754236/supertunica-worn-by-queen-victoria-at-her

More about the costumes in the television drama on PBS last winter.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/the-real-stories-behind-jenna-colemans-resplendant-victoria-cost/

2 comments:

  1. I've never seen any of these in person. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. These are amazing! I hope they print new ones when Charles or William, whichever follows Queen Elizabeth. Oh, to have a piece of every toile ever made!

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